--- product_id: 58772486 title: "Mastermind" brand: "monster magnet" price: "€ 32.67" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 23 category: "Music" url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/58772486-mastermind store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Mastermind **Brand:** monster magnet **Price:** € 32.67 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mastermind by monster magnet - **How much does it cost?** € 32.67 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/58772486-mastermind) ## Best For - monster magnet enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted monster magnet brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mastermind ## Images ![Mastermind - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81PZsGwZkgL.jpg) ![Mastermind - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kMPmB6mNL.jpg) ![Mastermind - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61H0WqRl5HL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Monster Magnet - Mastermind *by K***G on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2012* Mastermind is the eighth full-length studio album by the legendary New Jersey Stoner Rock band Monster Magnet. It was released in 2010 and is seen as something of a return to form by many fans as it is one of the band's genuinely best albums to date, despite having been released so chronologically far from their early work.Stylistically speaking, Mastermind is the heaviest, hardest and doomiest Monster Magnet album to date and there is a very clear Black Sabbath influence on display on a lot of the tracks, most of which are mid-paced or even slow. There is still variety to be found however; there are two tracks of jangly chord bashing towards the album's close, two very intense atmospheric build ups and two faster songs just after the album opens up that raise the tempo in an energetic fashion before the album settles back down into its doomy groove, as well as a third halfway through that shakes you up and stops you getting complacent.Singer and primary songwriter Dave Wyndorf has consistently been one of the genre's finest ever lyricists, to the point where it is one of the band's distinguishing features, and this album is far from a disappointment in that regard. As usual; interesting observations, black humour and some almost depressing philosophical points all mix together in well-written and mutli-faceted songs that reward repeat-listening.When this is combined with the variety of vocal approaches from bluesy drawls and spacey pronouncements to metallic roars by way of sly and sarcastic punk deliveries and the occasional melody, it makes for a brilliant album that you can listen to a lot without getting bored, in which you can discover something new every time and which should be at least considered for a place in any fan's collection. This is not the sound of a band phoning it in, it is a band charged up and really laying into it hard.Its not all super heavy riffs and biker metal production though; the band still incorporate some of the psychedelic sounding guitar effects and additional percussion from the early stuff and touches of electronics from the mid-period material, albeit very subtly, into the hard rock based music. In some ways Mastermind is unlike any other Monster Magnet album due to the precise ratio of its influences and approaches to songwriting and yet in other ways its kind of like the summation of their entire career since it mixes it all together.Highlights include the Nine Inch Nails-esque `Time Machine' which has some genuinely beautiful guitar, as well as the energetic and lyrically superb `Bored With Sorcery' and the doomy `When Planes Fall Out Of The Sky,' which boasts some of the album's heaviest riffs.Overall, Mastermind is one of the best Monster Magnet albums available, no caveat. Its certainly the one with the best reputation in a long time, and although I personally think that the band never got bad, it still gives off those feelings of reaffirmation that all the best comeback albums do.Its just got a certain inexplicable spark both of creativity and power and I'd highly recommend that any old fans who've given up on the band check it out and see if it wins them back.Basically though, if you like Monster Magnet at all you should probably try this out, especially if you like their heavier stuff. If you are a new fan its definitely not a bad place to start either, although maybe try it in conjunction with a `classic' as well, because they're definitely the kind of band where hearing one album wouldn't be enough to really `get' what the band are all about. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jostling in the upper ranks of Magnet's best album *by M***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2010* For long-time Monster Magnet fans like myself, the announcement of this new album was greeted half by joy and half by anxiety. It's a horrible feeling to watch a band you've grown up with and loved for years slowly lose their touch.This feeling was exacerbated by 4-way Diablo, which I really didn't think was to their usual standards.However, and I say this with relief and jubilation, Monster Magnet are in no danger of losing their touch anytime soon. Mastermind is absolutely amazing. It's up there with their very best albums. In my mind is has achieved the impossible and perfectly integrated MMs two perceived styles: the stoner early days, and the power rock from the later albums.Every song is full of beautiful creamy reverby guitar, both distorted and clean, there are some fantastic grooves and hooks. I think the vocals are better than on any other album. All of the songs work brilliantly live - I get the impression most of the songs were written with the band all jamming together. This is a bit of a departure from some of the more 'studioy' albums of recent, but it seems to have worked brilliantly.Dave's lyrics are outstanding as always, and the whole album will overwhelm you with the pure rock goodness, warming nostalgia, and a very strong optimism that rock isn't dead - it hasn't even really got going yet.\m/ \m/ ### ⭐⭐ well past their best *by 7***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2013* All good, but heard it all before unfortunately, not necessary for your collection. 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